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SharePoint serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely. In this case, it is the occassional musings, observations, and Ouija board readings about the phabulously

We've been having a few good (meaning "interesting") discussions lately about custom claims providers and search. As it turns out, there are instances when you need to install your custom claim provider on a search box ("box" being...

Hey folks, I've written previously about how to migrate code for claims users (such as Windows claims to SAML claims) in this post about the IMigrateUserCallback interface: http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2011/01/27/migrating-user-accounts...

Lots of folks have talked to me in the past about federating SharePoint with Windows Live. On the surface it seems like a pretty good idea – Windows Live has millions of users, everyone logs in with their email address, which is something we use...